Thursday, July 9, 2009

1 Nephi 22


As I am reading I’m thinking about how the whole earth will be blessed by the house of Israel brining the gospel, and how we are the house of Israel, and it is up to us to be that blessing for Him. I feel a stirring to do more. To focus my life and heart on Him and go forward with boldness in declaring the good news of the gospel of Christ. I have a prayer in my heart to know His will and to have the faith to follow it.

As I read about the time when Christ shall rule on the earth, the image comes to my mind of the family I met in college who I found so baffling. They were so kind and gentle to each other and full of light. In an unabashed way that made me very uncomfortable in my cynicism. But that is what I imagine Christ’s family to be like. And I want my family to be like. I need to be more kind and gentle. I need to turn my will to Him and let Him fill me with his light, so I can act as He would act towards those I love. Towards everyone really, but I know I need to start with my family first.

I never remember that Satan is bound by the righteousness of the people. He has no hold on their hearts because they don’t give it to him. Not some magical power of God. And that’s an individual choice I could make now.

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